elastin to see if it's abnormal and it will let us know if it is one of these diagnoses, or the other. >> i want to give her hope, even though this is something we can't cure we can do things to helpim -- help improve the appearance, whether it's with skin lightening cream or taking down the thickness of it, redinoids, sal silic acid, we can improve this. there are oral medications, and i think the risks out-weigh the benefits. not a great idea if they bother her only cosmetically. >> eric, dr. lee, thank you so very much! i know you will be followed. and we thank all of our guests today. they got the answers they needed because they weren't embarrassed to ask the question: what's going on with my body. you shouldn't, either. believe me, we as doctors, we have seen someone with problems that are so humiliating, oftentimes more humiliating than the problem you are dealing with. maybe it's a mysterious rash, an unexplained symptom or an embarrassing body condition, you can't figure out what's going on. call the physician, talk to them about it, because a lot of times there's a solutio